We are happy to announce our new simplified Joomla CMS plugin integrated with the popular banner management platform – OpenX. Prior to this plugin the only solution available was a Joomla module. The module (provided by OpenX) works very well, with few banners on a page but it may slow down your website if you have more than 3 banners.

The module works by making individual JavaScript requests to the ad management server for a specific ad zone. The OpenX Ad Server calculates which banner should be displayed for this specific zone and returns a specially formatted 50-lines block of JavaScript code. These 50 lines are evaluated by the browser and when executed they force the browser to make additional requests for visualizing the actual banner, as well as loading an image for tracking the banner impressions.

Although this works fine with one or two banners, it becomes a speed problem when you are trying to load 3 or more banners on the same page. The plugin solves this issue. Instead of using JavaScript in the browser, the OpenX Local Mode Invocation invokes the banners directly through PHP.This way there are no delays and the banners are tracked and displayed instantaneously.

Once you have downloaded and activated the plugin all you will need to do is open an article, a section, a category or a module item and enter a specially formatted text to invoke a specific OpenX zone:
{jompointopenxzone 1}
Just save the item and enjoy the banners shown on your website.

You can see screenshots of how a banner is invoked and displayed in Joomla 1.6 here:

We really hope this plugin will help you if are running into banner management problems when using Joomla and OpenX together.
You can download the Joomla 1.5 or the Joomla 1.6 version below.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to write a comment or contact us by email at contact@jompoint.com

Download OpenX Local Mode Plugin for Joomla 1.5 | Download OpenX Local Mode Plugin for Joomla 1.6

About Joomla:
Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS) which enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications. Many features, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla one of the most popular web site software available today. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.
To learn more about Joomla please visit www.joomla.org.

About OpenX:
OpenX is a free full-featured banner management platform with the ability to manage:
Individual Advertisers, Campaigns, Multiple Websites (only when using the OpenX module), Banner Zones, Multiple Banner Formats (including Adobe Flash, images and even HTML/JavaScript banners), Multiple Time-Based Reports (Report by Advertiser and Campaign, by Website and Zone, Advanced Reports).
The OpenX platform is an open-source advertising server that is licensed under the GNU General Public Licence. It is based on the popular Apache / PHP / MySQL stack.
To learn more about OpenX please visit www.openx.org.

Note: Downloading this plugin does not entitle you to free support.
If you need help with the integration of your Joomla and OpenX using this plugin, please feel free to contact us. We will let you know in advance if you need to approve additional support hours.

THIS PLUGIN SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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